Zeki Çelik

Mehmet Zeki Çelik (born 17 February 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French club Lille.

Zeki Çelik
Çelik in October 2019
Personal information
Full name Mehmet Zeki Çelik
Date of birth (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997
Place of birth Yıldırım, Turkey
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2009 Yavuz Selimspor
2009–2015 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Karaceyspor (loan) 34 (0)
2016–2018 İstanbulspor 63 (3)
2018– Lille 57 (1)
National team‡
2012–2013 Turkey U16 11 (0)
2013–2014 Turkey U17 12 (0)
2014 Turkey U18 2 (0)
2017– Turkey U21 9 (0)
2018– Turkey 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Professional career

Born in Bursa as the youngest of 9 children, Çelik went through the Bursaspor youth academy and became a professional in 2015. He signed on loan with Karacabey Birlikspor in 2015.

In 2016, he joined İstanbulspor. His good performance with İstanbulspor earned him a call-up to the senior Turkey national football team in 2018, despite playing in the TFF First League.[1]

On 8 July 2018, Çelik signed with Lille OSC on a five-year contract.[2][3] Çelik made his professional debut with Lille in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Stade Rennes on 11 August 2018.[4]

International career

Çelik made his professional debut for the Turkey national football team in a 1–1 friendly with Russia national football team on 5 June 2018.[5]

International goals
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2019Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Uzbekistan1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0
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gollark: > and thus define human breeding as an inherent functionAnyway, you seem to just be defining it as one, and I'm not sure what you're trying to say by that beyond that having children... is a thing we can do, and one which evolution selects for to some degree. That doesn't make it *the right thing to do* all the time.

References
  1. "Mehmet Zeki Çelik: Sağın yeni gözdesi - TamSaha Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  2. "Zeki Celik, international turc, est Lillois - Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
  3. "Transferts : Zeki Celik a signé à Lille". L'Équipe (in French). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "Lille vs. Rennes - 11 August 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. "RUSYA 1-1 TÜRKİYE - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  6. "Zeki Çelik". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 4 June 2019.


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